Demountable rim.



L, G. FLEMING.

DEMOUNTABLE RIM.

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LUKE G. FLEIVIING, 0F TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK.

DEIVIOUNTABLE RIM.

Application ledDeeember `31, 1914-.v Serial No. 879,894.

lie it known that I, LUKE G. FLEMING, a citizen ol the United States, and a resident ot 'llarrytown, in the county of W'estchester and State or' New York, have invented a new and Improved Demountable Rim, of which the following is a full, elear, and exact deserilition.

The invention relates to wheels for automobiles and other vehicles, and its object is to provide a new and improved deniountable rim arranged to permit Ofcom enintly and quickly placing a tire in position on. the run or removing it theretrom, and to allow o1 quickly removing the entire rim and its tire from the telly of the wheel and replacing it by another.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made ot a rim ring provided with an inner integral tire fiange, an outer integral abutting1 flange extending toward the hub and adapted to abut against the outer face of the `telly, and an outer tire flange made in sections. of which one is permanently fastened to the said abutting flange and the other section is detaehably secured-to the said abutting flange. Use .is also made of a telly reinforcing ring fitting on the peripheral face ot' the telly and being beveled inwardly and upwardly, and a, rim having a ring; engaging the said beveled face of the telly ring, and .means for fasteninfc,y the said rim. to the felly.

il practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying draw ings forming a part oi this specification, in which similar characters of reference in'- diente corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure is a. tace view of an automobile wheel provided with the demountable rim; Fig. Eis an enlarged cross section of the saine on the line 2*--2 of Fig. ll; Fig. 8 is a simil-ar view of the same onthe line 3-3 ot Fig. l; Fig. e is a like View ot' the same on the line lmet ot Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is Fig. f3 `is a :tace view of the wheel with the tire removed and the detaehable section' orf the outer tire flange. shown detached; Fig. 7 is a perspective View of one of the bolt washers; Fig. 8 is a. cross section of a modified form of the den'iountable rim; and 9 is a similar View of another modified form ot' the demountable rim.

The wheel. on which the demountable rim is shown appliedin Figs. l, 2, 3, el, 5 and Specification of Letters Patent.

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consists of `the usual hub A,`spolres B and a telly C having its peripheral tace beveled inwardly and upwardly and having this face reinforced by a felly ring 'D shrunk or otherwise fastened on the said telly. The peripheral face of thesaid telly ring D is beveled, corresponding tothe bevel of the peripheral face of thefelly C, as plainly indicated in Figs. 2, 3, l and 5. Onto the peripheral face of the telly ring l) lits the corres]iondingly beveled ring E of the rim carrying;` the usual tire ii', and' the said rim ring; ,IC-is provided on its inner ef'lge with an integral tire Flange il and' is provided at its outer-'edge with a hubward extendingf abuttingI flange li abutting against the outer side ot the telly C.

y The outer tire flange ior'the tire F is made in two sections l and l', the sections having attaehing flanges l2 and la, ot' which the flange l2 is permanently serured to the abutting flange H by rivets J or similar fas tenirgrdeviees (see Figs. l and Q). The other iiauge l is detaelmbly secured to the abut tingey flange H by the use of bolts l, as plainly shown in Figs. l and 4, to permit of detaehing the outer tire flange section I whenever it is desired to place a tire .F in position on the rim or to remove such tire from the rim.

n order to removably hold the rim in position on the fellv C, use is made of two sets of bolts L and ot which .the bolts L extend transversely through the :telly C and through the abutting flange H and the attaching' flange. l: (see Figs. l and with the nut L oiz the bolt abutting against the outer side of the flange l2.

nuts N ot' the bolts N abut against the outer.

side of the attaching flange H and extend.

The b olts ll enf4v tend transversely through thelelly C and" through the attaching' Harige H, and the Stir attaching flange l of. the'outer detachable/i9@ tire iiange I. lt will loe noticed that by this arrangement the outer tirelflange section I. can be readiiy removed on screwing the nuts of the bolts .K without disturbing the bolts N (see'Fig. 6). iVhen iteis desired to reH move ,the rimV from the telly C the nuts L and N ofthe two sets of bolts L and N are removed to allow of sliding the rim outwardly of? the inclined tape ot the telly ring I), as will he readily understood hy reference to the dotted lines in Fign. A Washer U of rectaifigularv shape is placed on each side of the rim ring E to hold the washer I against turning.

ftvwill be noticed that by providing a felly ring D having? its peripheral face in' -elined inwardly and upwardly it is evident that the rim can be quickly detached by a slight pressure troni the inside in an outward direction so that it tali-es but a comparatively short time to deinount the rim.

.In the construction disclosed in Fig. 87 the rim ring` E liasits peripheral face pai'- allel to lthe axis ot the wheel and the said rim riir;Y is provided at the under side with ribs F2. E3 of di ti'ei'ent height and adapted to .be seated on theI peripheral face of the rini of the 'telly ring-D. .instead oftwo such' ribs E, E, the rim ringi E4 may be provided with only one rib E5. as shown in Fig. S). 'In this ease tlie inner edge oil the rim riiigll rests on the' inner edge of the felly ring` D while the rib E is seated on the peripheral face of the folly ringF D near the outer edge thereof. In either case the iiin can be rta'dily removed after'the bolt nuts L and h have been removed, by pressure against-'the i'iin in an outward direction.

By referentie to Fig. it will be noticed. that the reii'io'vable section l of the, outer tire flange has its middle located directly opposite .the valve stem P for iniiating the tire li, and thesaid valve stem P extends through a transversely elongated openingl (not shown) formed inthe riin ring' E to permit of conveniently removing; the tire l? from the riin or replacing` it thereon at the time the Section is removed, as previously explained.

Having` thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to vSecure by Letters Patent: te

A rim for vehicle wheels, comprisingr e ring having at one edge an integral inner tire liang'e and at its other edge an inwardly extending flange for securing it to a felly, andan outer tire ang'e formed of two disconnected seetions, one permanently secured to the inwardly extending; flange of the ring and the other detachablySecured to the said Hanne whereby the said detachable section 

